Games: Gambling/Chess/Puzzles/Cards/Trivia from Gargoyle Books

San Francisco, California: Troubador Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Large softcover book contains 68 puzzles--crosswords, mazes, cryptic codes, mystery stories, hidden pictures, math puzzles, word finds, and more--with solutions in back. All based on the delightfully macabre illustrations of Edward Gorey, which appear in each puzzle, on every page, &… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1978. First Softcover Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good+. The complete, fully annotated story of this gigantic struggle for chess supremacy & all the behind-the-scenes intrigues & complications that led up to it." In 159 pages, fully illustrated to show every move by each player throughout the match. First published… Read more about this item

Random House USA Inc, 1984. First Softcover Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. VG-/G+. Barr, Ken. Issued following the release of "Return of the Jedi,'' this is the perfect book for Star Wars fans & puzzle lovers both! In 64 pages with answers in rear. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1984, this trade paperback is in VG-/Good+… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tenniel, John. Explores an unknown side of the man who created "Alice in Wonderland,'' --that of a "prolific inventor of games & puzzles & an adept amateur conjurer." Ways that these side hobbies influenced the "Alice" books are discussed, in 288 pages with Index &… Read more about this item

United States Postal Service, 1992. First Edition First Printing . No Binding. As New. Stutzman, Mark; Berkey, John. Issued by the United State Post Office as part of a pre-release promotion for its new Elvis stamp, a commemorative 29-cent issue in honor of singer/actor Elvis Presley (1935-1977). Out of many designs originally submitted, two made it into… Read more about this item

Columbia University Press, 1978. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. One in a series of lectures hosted by Columbia University, this one by the celebrated mathematician-philospher again explores the humanism in science, considering Interpretations of Nature, Black and White Magic, The Strategy of Scientific Knowledge, & Human Plans/Civilized Values. A First Edition, first printing, from 1978,… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 1975. Facsimile Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine. Unique interactive children's book in which the "magical moiré"--a transparent piece of acetate enclosed in an attached sleeve to the first page--is used to make the 18 pictures in the book magically come to life & create an illusion of movement! First issued in 1898" as "The Motograph… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam, 1976. First Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Never-before-told secrets of the world's greatest magician.prepared from his own private notebooks & memoranda," reveals details on 80+ tricks, thoroughly illustrated. Orig. published in 1932 & reissued in 1976 with a new title & Introduction by Milbourne Christopher, this is the First Printing… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Whitman, 1947. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Read, Isobel. One of a series of YA mystery tales published by Whitman (#2332) in the 1940s-1950s that tied in with popular TV series of the day, here the Quiz Kids--child prodigies who were still basically "fun-loving boys & girls who delight in doing the… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: United States Playing Card Co, 2003. No Binding. New. Playing cards originally created by the US Defense Intelligence Agency during the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a US-led coalition, designed to help familiarize troops with the "most wanted," highest-ranking members of Saddam Hussein's government & inner circle. Each card contained the wanted person's image, address, &… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: MacFadden-Bartell Corporation, 1967. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Good. The first full biography of the man behind the myth, answering once & for all the question, "Did Houdini work his escapes by some supernormal power?" By the author of the noir classic, "Nightmare Alley." In 263 pages with an… Read more about this item

Véhicule Press, 1004. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. At long last, a book that cuts through the many myths & legends & uncovers the truth behind the tragic death of magician Harry Houdini at the hands of Montreal college student J. Gordon Whitehead in 1926. A First Edition, first printing, from 2004, this trade… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Baum, Joseph. Fanciful book demonstrating the remarkable imaginative capabilities of young children, based on a game the author used to play on walks with young neighbors. This is this husband & wife team's second book for children, written by Arline & illustrated… Read more about this item

Stamford, Connecticut: U.S. Games Systems, Inc., 1997. No Binding. Fine. Waldherr, Kris. Sumptuously illustrated by the award-winning graphic artist & author who wrote, "The Book of Goddesses,'' from which some of the art was used to create this unique tarot deck. Includes a 43-page booklet that is essential to interpreting the card; this is Brand New--looks never opened.… Read more about this item

Bath, England: Parragon Publishing, 2002. No Binding. Fine. Lovely British set of tarot cards contains all 78 cards of the Major & Minor Arcana as well as a 64-page full-color softcover book in decorative purple wrappers & stapled binding. "Created by a Tarot expert,'' it offers a guide to 5 separate spreads & the meanings of each card,… Read more about this item

Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books, 1997. First Edition First Printing . No Binding. Very Good. Genetti, Alexandra. A lovely deck with cards of the Major & Minor Arcana each graced with gorgeous full-color paintings by the author created over a 10-year "labor of love" that she put into making it. The Figures represent a wide variety of ethnicities &… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gramercy Books, 1977. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+. Paget, Sidney. Fun book for all fans of the great detective in which you read a condensed form of a real Sherlock Holmes story, then solve the puzzle. Puzzle answers & solutions to the mysteries provided in back of book, along with bits of Holmes… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Amerpub Co., 1975. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The "major anthology of money-making systems & tested handicapping methods" designed to help you win at the track! All compiled from the pages of American Turf Monthly, 1940s-1960s. Orig. published in 1967, this is the First Printing by Amerpub from 1975 (First, thus), in… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Permabooks, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. The noted American stage magician demonstrates "200 simple tricks of magic to mystify and entertain'' using cards, string, cigarettes, coins, pencil-and-paper, & more objects easily found around the home. In 232 pages with illustrations. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1948, this Permabound hardcover 16mo (4.25"… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Greenberg, 1949. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Fair. Book of 13 simple magic tricks for children, set in the context of a strange man called Hocus Pocus who shows up at a children's birthday party. Orig. published in 1949, this is the Second Printing (same year) of that FIRST EDITION. Small spiral bound… Read more about this item